How common is the surname Harder?

9,665 people in the United States had the surname Harder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,945 Americans. It ranked 3,676th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Harder?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Harder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Harder?

Mel Harder, American baseball player and coach (1909–2002), followed by Pernille Harder.

Where is the surname Harder most common?

Wikidata records people named Harder in the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark.

Is the surname Harder getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,665 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Harder

A surname, carried by 9,665 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harder is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,665 people named Harder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,945 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,863.

#3,676

rank among US surnames

9,665

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #3,328)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,672	Luce	9,704	31,816
#3,673	Kohn	9,701	31,826
#3,674	Legg	9,671	31,925
#3,676	Harder	9,665	31,945
#3,677	Bohannon	9,663	31,951

Who is named Harder

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Harder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mel Harder
American baseball player and coach (1909–2002)
Pernille Harder
Badminton player, born 1977

Notable Harders come mostly from the United States (1) and the Kingdom of Denmark (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harder

Harder has the Soundex code H636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H636.

Questions

How common is the surname Harder?: 9,665 people in the United States had the surname Harder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,945 Americans. It ranked 3,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harder?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Harder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Harder?: Mel Harder, American baseball player and coach (1909–2002), followed by Pernille Harder.
Where is the surname Harder most common?: Wikidata records people named Harder in the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Is the surname Harder getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,665 in 2010, down 2.0%.